SAN BERNARDINO – A dozen members of the Minuteman Project visited the downtown offices of United States and Mexican officials Wednesday while speaking against what they consider to be the policy failures that led to the recent killing of an American border agent.

“Today’s event is a solemn procession in honor of border agent Robert Rosas,” said Raymond Herrera, national rally spokesman for the anti-illegal immigration Minuteman Project.

Rosas, a U.S. Border Patrol agent, was shot to death July 23 in San Diego County. Mexican authorities have announced that the primary suspect in the shooting and other men have been taken into custody.

Speaking outside of Sen. Barbara Boxer’s field office in San Bernardino – a frequent spot of Minuteman Project protests – Herrera likened Rosas’ death to that of a soldier on a battlefield. He said he was outraged that he hasn’t seen a public statement from Boxer nor President Obama that reflects upon Rosas’ death.

A Boxer spokesman wrote in an e-mail that the senator preferred to make private comments to Rosas’ family.

“Senator Boxer expressed her condolences privately in a letter to the family of Agent Rosas,” Zachary Coile wrote. “She felt it was the appropriate thing to do in the wake of this terrible killing.”

Andrew Edwards covers business and higher education for the Long Beach Press-Telegram. He has previously covered City Hall in Long Beach. He has spent his entire career in Southern California, having worked at publications including the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, The Sun and Daily Pilot before coming to Long Beach. He graduated from UCLA in 2003 after studying political science and history.

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